Oliver Hafenbauer

Oliver Hafenbauer, born 1978 is resident DJ and musical curator at Robert Johnson, runs the in-house music label Live At Robert Johnson and his own imprint Die Orakel.

Conventional wisdom dictates that people produce music and then get DJs gigs relative to the level of success their records attain. Oliver Hafenbauer isn't a famous producer, but his behind-the-scenes work at Robert Johnson, the highly respected Offenbach venue, has given him a platform to show just how great a DJ he is.If anything, his role as a music director at the club is arguably more complementary to DJing than making music, closely considering, as he does each day, who and what moves a discerning dance floor.

Hafenbauer also takes care of the club's in-house label Live At Robert Johnson which hosted a much-loved mix CD series but these days the label is focussed on releasing high quality club music from its extended family—Massimiliano Pagliara, Portable et al — and beyond. In 2013 he started his own label Die Orakel where he releases ambient, leftfield and techno records by artists such as Edward, Jaures and Roman Flügel.

No Boring Intros w/ Jon Rust & Oliver Hafenbauer

No Boring Intros w/ Jon Rust & Oliver Hafenbauer

10.11.2017

NTS since day one, Levels label boss Jon Rust throws it down for 2 hours straight - from deep dug oddities to upfront dance floor heat. No Boring Intros! Click here to listen to the mix together with Oliver Hafenbauer.

NTS since day one, Levels label boss Jon Rust throws it down for 2 hours straight - from deep dug oddities to upfront dance floor heat. No Boring Intros! Click here to listen to the mix together with Oliver Hafenbauer.

Labelporträt: Die Orakel

Labelporträt: Die Orakel

29.08.2017

Here is the full article about Oliver Hafenbauers record label "Die Orakel". Only in german.

29.08.2017

Here is the full article about Oliver Hafenbauers record label "Die Orakel". Only in german.

Resident Advisor returns to Robert Johnson with Volvox, Dr. Rubinstein and Oliver Hafenbauer. Read the full article here.

STAY Mix 034 | Oliver Hafenbauer

STAY Mix 034 | Oliver Hafenbauer

12.07.2017

Oliver Hafenbauer serves up his first STAY mix. Recorded at Robert Johnson in Offenbach in July 2017. Expect one hour of intense electro and hidden bleep techno gems. Artwork by Belá Feldberg. Here is the mix.

12.07.2017

Oliver Hafenbauer serves up his first STAY mix. Recorded at Robert Johnson in Offenbach in July 2017. Expect one hour of intense electro and hidden bleep techno gems. Artwork by Belá Feldberg....

Oliver Hafenbauer serves up his first STAY mix. Recorded at Robert Johnson in Offenbach in July 2017. Expect one hour of intense electro and hidden bleep techno gems. Artwork by Belá Feldberg. Here is the mix.

Oliver Hafenbauer gave an insight of his multifaceted world on PW Magazine. Read whole article HERE

Oliver Hafenbauer - Inverted Audio Podcast and Interview

Oliver Hafenbauer - Inverted Audio Podcast and Interview

21.11.2016

"I founded Die Orakel because I felt the strong need to start something on my own."For Inverted Audio Oliver Hafenbauer talks about his label Die Orakel, how clubbing was like back in the days in Frankfurt and what is in the planning for 2017.At the end of the interview you find the tracklist for his fantastic set that you can llisten to HERE

21.11.2016

"I founded Die Orakel because I felt the strong need to start something on my own."For Inverted Audio Oliver Hafenbauer talks about his label Die Orakel, how clubbing...

"I founded Die Orakel because I felt the strong need to start something on my own."For Inverted Audio Oliver Hafenbauer talks about his label Die Orakel, how clubbing was like back in the days in Frankfurt and what is in the planning for 2017.At the end of the interview you find the tracklist for his fantastic set that you can llisten to HERE

Bassiani invites Oliver Hafenbauer / Podcast #13

Bassiani invites Oliver Hafenbauer / Podcast #13

06.06.2016

By combining the best traditions of techno, house, nu disco and electro with a flawless selection for Bassiani’s 13th podcast Robert Johnson resident Oliver Hafenbauer brings a very interesting and downtempo mix concentrated more melody and groove.

06.06.2016

By combining the best traditions of techno, house, nu disco and electro with a flawless selection for Bassiani’s 13th podcast Robert Johnson resident Oliver Hafenbauer brings a very interesting and downtempo mix concentrated more melody...

By combining the best traditions of techno, house, nu disco and electro with a flawless selection for Bassiani’s 13th podcast Robert Johnson resident Oliver Hafenbauer brings a very interesting and downtempo mix concentrated more melody and groove.

RA in residency: Robert Johnson

RA in residency: Robert Johnson

17.05.2016

Resident Advisor continues his feature series based on RA's In Residence events by visiting a German club where simplicity is key: Robert Johnson in Offenbach /Frankfurt. Ata is founder of this legendary place and many Magnet Artists have a residency or play this club regularly. Just a few to mention: Roman Flügel, Orson Wells, Lauer, Gerd Janson, Benedikt Frey, TCB, Oliver Hafenbauer and so on. Full article can be read here oliv

17.05.2016

Resident Advisor continues his feature series based on RA's In Residence events by visiting a German club where simplicity is key: Robert Johnson in Offenbach /Frankfurt. Ata is founder of this legendary place and many Magnet Artists...

Resident Advisor continues his feature series based on RA's In Residence events by visiting a German club where simplicity is key: Robert Johnson in Offenbach /Frankfurt. Ata is founder of this legendary place and many Magnet Artists have a residency or play this club regularly. Just a few to mention: Roman Flügel, Orson Wells, Lauer, Gerd Janson, Benedikt Frey, TCB, Oliver Hafenbauer and so on. Full article can be read here oliv

Boiler Room x Live At Robert Johnson

Boiler Room x Live At Robert Johnson

05.11.2015

Boiler Room is heading to Offenbach to broadcast live from one of Germany's most famous and prestigious clubs - Live At Robert Johnson.The lineup will include a mix of new and longstanding residents of the club. With Roman Flügel, The Citizen's Band and Benedikt Frey who will this time perform with Nadia D'Alo as Init. Making their debuts are Orson Wells, who has had a string of successful releases for the in house label and Oliver Hafenbauer who A&R's the label as well as running his own Die Orakal. Tune in the 11th nov 7pm here

05.11.2015

Boiler Room is heading to Offenbach to broadcast live from one of Germany's most famous and prestigious clubs - Live At Robert Johnson.The lineup will include a mix of new and longstanding residents of the club. With Roman Flügel...

Boiler Room is heading to Offenbach to broadcast live from one of Germany's most famous and prestigious clubs - Live At Robert Johnson.The lineup will include a mix of new and longstanding residents of the club. With Roman Flügel, The Citizen's Band and Benedikt Frey who will this time perform with Nadia D'Alo as Init. Making their debuts are Orson Wells, who has had a string of successful releases for the in house label and Oliver Hafenbauer who A&R's the label as well as running his own Die Orakal. Tune in the 11th nov 7pm here

Magnet Musik @ Sonar 2015

Magnet Musik @ Sonar 2015

16.06.2015

Magnet Musik is well represented at this year's Sonar Festival in Barcelona. Below you can find an overview of the Magnet-artists performing at the sunny festival this year:

LARJ takes Lifesaver 2 on the road

Most of the label's core roster will be representing at a series of European showcases in the coming months.

Sixteen dates in support of Live At Robert Johnson's forthcoming Lifesaver 2 compilation have been announced.

The tour will see a rotating cast of the Frankfurt label's core artists touch down for slots in the UK, France, Paris, Netherlands, Spain and more. Naturally, things get underway on home turf, with Ata, Orson Wells and Massimiliano Pagliara playing at Robert Johnson on March 7th. The same night, Roman Flügel, Gerd Janson and Oliver Hafenbauer play at Bristol's Just Jack. The following weekends include dates with Portable in Stockholm (21st), Lyon with Tuff City Kids (27th) and Jena with Ata (28th).

Four dates are lined up for April. Paris's Djoon club hosts Ata and Lauer on the 17th, after which Hafenbauer and Benedikt Frey head to Golem in Hamburg on the 24th. Dates at Barcelona venue Nitsa on the 25th and Passage 46 in Freiburg, Germany, on the 30th round out the month: Ata, Lauer and Frey play the former, while The Citizen's Band, Hafenbauer and Holger Wuest soundtrack the latter.

May is the tour's biggest month, with seven dates are confirmed so far. Highlights include stops at Zukunft in Zürich with Ata, Lauer and Hafenbauer on the 9th, Berlin's Panorama Bar on the 15th with Ata and Flügel, and fabric on the 16th with Flügel and Portable. Other stops include Cologne (8th), Oslo (22nd), Amsterdam (23rd) and Munich (29th).

Most of the label's core roster will be representing at a series of European showcases in the coming months.

Sixteen dates in support of Live At Robert Johnson's forthcoming Lifesaver 2 compilation have been announced.

The tour will see a rotating cast of the Frankfurt label's core artists touch down for slots in the UK, France, Paris, Netherlands, Spain and more. Naturally, things get underway on home turf, with Ata, Orson Wells and Massimiliano Pagliara playing at Robert Johnson on March 7th. The same night, Roman Flügel, Gerd Janson and Oliver Hafenbauer play at Bristol's Just Jack. The following weekends include dates with Portable in Stockholm (21st), Lyon with Tuff City Kids (27th) and Jena with Ata (28th).

Four dates are lined up for April. Paris's Djoon club hosts Ata and Lauer on the 17th, after which Hafenbauer and Benedikt Frey head to Golem in Hamburg on the 24th. Dates at Barcelona venue Nitsa on the 25th and Passage 46 in Freiburg, Germany, on the 30th round out the month: Ata, Lauer and Frey play the former, while The Citizen's Band, Hafenbauer and Holger Wuest soundtrack the latter.

May is the tour's biggest month, with seven dates are confirmed so far. Highlights include stops at Zukunft in Zürich with Ata, Lauer and Hafenbauer on the 9th, Berlin's Panorama Bar on the 15th with Ata and Flügel, and fabric on the 16th with Flügel and Portable. Other stops include Cologne (8th), Oslo (22nd), Amsterdam (23rd) and Munich (29th).

Oliver Hafenbauer @ Rinse FM

Every third wednesday of each month, you can hear the Latency residency on Rinse Fm from 8 to 10PM. First hour is a guest mix, second hour is label owners Sidney & Suleiman (Latency-recordings).

Resident dj at legendary Robert Johnson club in Frankfurt, Oliver Hafenbauer also works as an A&R for the club's imprint. Since 2013, he runs his own label Die Orakel which has been the home for music by artists like Edward, Mix Mup & Kassem Mosse or The Citizen's Band.

Every third wednesday of each month, you can hear the Latency residency on Rinse Fm from 8 to 10PM. First hour is a guest mix, second hour is label owners Sidney & Suleiman (Latency-recordings).

Resident dj at legendary Robert Johnson club in Frankfurt, Oliver Hafenbauer also works as an A&R for the club's imprint. Since 2013, he runs his own label Die Orakel which has been the home for music by artists like Edward, Mix Mup & Kassem Mosse or The Citizen's Band.

Oliver Hafenbauer mixes RA 426

Oliver Hafenbauer mixes RA 426

28.07.2014

"The man from Robert Johnson shows his wares.

Conventional wisdom dictates that people produce music and then get DJs gigs relative to the level of success their records attain. Oliver Hafenbauer isn't a famous producer, but his behind-the-scenes work at Robert Johnson, the highly respected Offenbach venue, has given him a platform to show just how great a DJ he is.If anything, his role as a music director at the club is arguably more complementary to DJing than making music, closely considering, as he does each day, who and what moves a discerning dance floor. Hafenbauer also takes care of Live At Robert Johnson, the club's in-house label. LARJ hosted a much-loved mix CD series—Dixon, Ivan Smagghe, Roman Flügel and Prins Thomas all contributed editions—but these days the label is focussed on releasing high quality club music from its extended family—Massimiliano Pagliara, Arto Mwambe et al—and beyond.When also you consider that Hafenbauer has a hand in Club Michel, the restaurant connected to Robert Johnson, it's impressive that he maintains a gig schedule that sees him playing Europe's better nightclubs most weekends.

As he showed those who stayed until the end of our (RA's) recent Robert Johnson party, Hafenbauer can bang it out with the best of them. But you can usually find him keeping things steady with an expert selection of house, disco, techno and electro, as he does on this week's RA podcast."

Conventional wisdom dictates that people produce music and then get DJs gigs relative to the level of success their records attain. Oliver Hafenbauer isn't a famous producer, but his behind-the-scenes work at Robert Johnson, the highly respected Offenbach venue, has given him a platform to show just how great a DJ he is.If anything, his role as a music director at the club is arguably more complementary to DJing than making music, closely considering, as he does each day, who and what moves a discerning dance floor. Hafenbauer also takes care of Live At Robert Johnson, the club's in-house label. LARJ hosted a much-loved mix CD series—Dixon, Ivan Smagghe, Roman Flügel and Prins Thomas all contributed editions—but these days the label is focussed on releasing high quality club music from its extended family—Massimiliano Pagliara, Arto Mwambe et al—and beyond.When also you consider that Hafenbauer has a hand in Club Michel, the restaurant connected to Robert Johnson, it's impressive that he maintains a gig schedule that sees him playing Europe's better nightclubs most weekends.

As he showed those who stayed until the end of our (RA's) recent Robert Johnson party, Hafenbauer can bang it out with the best of them. But you can usually find him keeping things steady with an expert selection of house, disco, techno and electro, as he does on this week's RA podcast."

Goethebunker interviews Oliver Hafenbauer

Goethebunker interviews Oliver Hafenbauer

21.02.2013

Essen's Goethebunker interviewed Robert Johnson's resident DJ and musical curator Oliver Hafenbauer, talking about his work as a label manager, his own musical projects and different views on the art of DJing.

Essen's Goethebunker interviewed Robert Johnson's resident DJ and musical curator Oliver Hafenbauer, talking about his work as a label manager, his own musical projects and different views on the art of DJing.

Essen's Goethebunker interviewed Robert Johnson's resident DJ and musical curator Oliver Hafenbauer, talking about his work as a label manager, his own musical projects and different views on the art of DJing.

Oliver Hafenbauer podcast & interview for littlewhiteearbuds...

Oliver Hafenbauer podcast & interview for littlewhiteearbuds.com

12.12.2012

Oliver Hafenbauer has recorded a mix for littlewhiteearbuds.com! The disco-infected house mix is part of their podcast series. Furthermore, he gave LWE an interview and talks about his own music and the shift of the sound of Frankfurt, currently mostly represented by the Robert Johnson-crew.

Oliver Hafenbauer has recorded a mix for littlewhiteearbuds.com! The disco-infected house mix is part of their podcast series. Furthermore, he gave LWE an interview and talks about his own music and the shift of the sound of Frankfurt,...

Oliver Hafenbauer has recorded a mix for littlewhiteearbuds.com! The disco-infected house mix is part of their podcast series. Furthermore, he gave LWE an interview and talks about his own music and the shift of the sound of Frankfurt, currently mostly represented by the Robert Johnson-crew.

Oliver Hafenbauer compiles The Lifesaver

Oliver Hafenbauer compiles The Lifesaver

14.11.2012

Oliver Hafenbauer, Live At Robert Johnson's very own programmer, collected 11 unreleased Tracks from Roman Flügel, Lauer, Tuff City Kids and many more for the compilation The Lifesaver.It's going to be released in April, a tour will also follow!

Oliver Hafenbauer, Live At Robert Johnson's very own programmer, collected 11 unreleased Tracks from Roman Flügel, Lauer, Tuff City Kids and many more for the compilation The Lifesaver.It's going to be released in April, a tour...

Oliver Hafenbauer, Live At Robert Johnson's very own programmer, collected 11 unreleased Tracks from Roman Flügel, Lauer, Tuff City Kids and many more for the compilation The Lifesaver.It's going to be released in April, a tour will also follow!